Change-maker.



J. S. STRICKLER.

CHANGE MAKER.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. so, 1913,.

1,110,159. Patented Sept. 8,1914.

4 SHEBTST-SHEBT 1.

iff.

J. S. STRIGKLBR.

CHANGE MAKER.

APPLLOATION FILED snm. so, 1913.

1, 1 10,1 59, Patented Sept. 8,1914.`

5 4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

J. S. STRICKLER.

CHANGE MAKER.

APPLIOATION FILED s119130, 1913.

Patented sept.'8,1914

i SHEETS-SHEET 3,.

@Het nu,

J. s. STRIGKLER.

CHANGE MAKER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1913.

Patented Sept. 8,1914.

lill/[Ill] [1111.151114 I: o J v 8 ,awr-p nllvlmldli 17u/461er @LVM/wm#1111111111 .TosEH/ssTmcxLnR, 'or ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA.

ciLeiNoE-ilmKun.

To alliwhlom it may 'concern i e-'it-known th atI, 'JOSEPH' S.'STRICKLER,

afc tizen of the United States, residing at iilit'piippa, in the countyof Beaver and'- lState of Pennsylvania, have invented certainy new andvuseful Improvements in Change-Makers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be afull, clear, andv exact d scription of the'invention,such as will enim .able others'skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in changenialfrersl and has for Jzo its object the provision of ajdevice whichwill change coins of any denomination from one dollar to ten'c'ents. c t

Another object' of the invention is the p rovisionl of such a'devicefwhich when making change will retain ive cents from the totalvamount placed therein.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of such a devicewhich may be .used at sub-Ways, and theater entrances, on

street cars and in all places where it is dei sired that change be madequickly and a certain amount tal-ien out.

A further object of the invention is the provision of such a devicewhich is adapted to prevent dishonesty among the employees of suchcorporations as street car companies and the like. I

With the above and other objects in view I will now proceed to describethe invention` in the following specification and accompanying drawings,in which, n

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved chauge maker showing thesame as it would appealwhen in'use, Fig. 2 is a sectional view of thisimproved change maker as the same -would appear with the side plateremoved,'Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of Fig. 2, showing the same withthe lever in thel position for changing Athe 'coins and also tliev'sweepoperating mechanism in detail,

' --Fig 4 is a transverse sectional view of the chaiige-fmaker-.sliowingthe coin ejectors in plain', Fig. is a fragmentary View of Fig.

,.4 showingfthe coin ejectors in their opera- 4 '.t-ivepositicns, Fig. 6is aplan view ot the 'moiiey-drawer showing the chute on whichthijinoney falls after having attained a predetermined height in thestacks, Fig. 7 is a' sectional view taken on line 7-7'of Fig. G, Fig.8-is a sectional view taken on line 8 8 of Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a detailView of the Specification of Letters Patent.

. .-x .Applioation le'd September 30, 1913. Serial No. 792,664.

Patented Sept. 8;, 1914.

chutes showing the coin stacks at the bttom, Fig. 10 is a--detailperspectiveview of one of the stacks-showing the ejector in its forwardposition,` Fig. 11 is a detail sectional view of the slot showing themagnet for removing spurious coins, Fig. 12 is a sectional view takenonline 12-12 of Fig. 11,

and Fig. 13 is a horizontal sectie-nal view of one of the lungers forforcing coins into the chutes lea ing to the stacks.

-Reference being had more @particularly to Vthe drawings 1 representsthe base of my improved coin changing machine having secured thereto andextending upwardly therefrom the front Wall- 2, the rear wall 3 and theright and left side walls 4 and 5,v respectively. A suitable partitionWall 6 extends transversely across the casing thus formed, and separatesthe bottom of said casing into two. separate compartments. This wall 6terminates a short distance from the bottoni Wall 1 and is provided witha suitable cover 7 which extends, as illustrated in F ig. 2, to thefront wall of the casing. A suitable extension 8 is formed integrallywith the wall G intermediate its width and is adapted to act as a restfor the chute 9 through which the coins after leaving the stacks areadapted to pass on their way outwardly.

.coin ejecting reduced portion is provided with the outstanding ears 16which are provided to more firmly engage the co-ins when the same arebeing forced from their position beneath the stacks.

Suitably secured to the bottom of the casing 1' and extending upwardlyrtherefrom preferably provide the ear li'to which is pivotally securedthe lever 18 as shown at A suitable cash drawer l0 is slidably mountedin the receptacle formed be- 19. The upper end of the lever 18 isprovided withv a suitable handle 20whicli extends throughthe slot 21formed in the top of the casing, as is clearly illustrated in fio Fig.2. -A suitable link 2 .2'islpivotally secured as shown at23 tothe-lever18 and extends toward the front of the casing for a short distance. Thefree end of this linlr 22is spaced from the center of the casing asclearly illustrated in Fig. 2 Aand pivotallyl .connected to the rocker24 as, shown at 25.1- This rocker 24 is pivoted intermediate itsl lengthas illustrated at .26 and extends ,downwardly as shown. The lower end ofthis rocker is provided with anaperture -through which 'onelend ofthelinkv 27 is adapted to extend. The o posite end of'said ylink is'ivotally connected, as illustrated at 28, to t e upstanding member 29,which is' .formed on the bar 30, the use of which will be more fullyhereinafter described. The bar 30, above referred to, is slidablymounted in the casing and provided intermediate its ends with theoff-set portions 31 intermediate which are formed the recesses 32.

A suitable longitudinally extending bar 33,4 which is supportedintermediate the wall 6 and the wall 2, is provided and has piv-Motallvsecuredv thereto, as shown at 34, the ejector levers 35 whichcoperate with the upstanding portions 14 formed on the ejector plates inforcing the coins outwardly. These levers 35 are adapted to rest in therecesses formed in the bar 30 as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 4,and are adapted to be returned to their normal position by said barafter the change has been made. A lever 36 which is pivotally secured tothe bar 33, as illustrated at 37, is adapted to coperate with theupstanding portions 38` which correspond with the upstanding portions14, formed on the ejector plates 13.

The coin stacks represented generally by the characters A, B, C and Dare preferably held in position by means of the cylindrical casings 39,40, 41 and 42, respectively.' The upper endsiof thesecasings terminateas shown lin the chute, illustrated in Fig. 9. It will be clearly seenthat the chute indicated by the numeral 43 is not provided at its lowerextremity with a coin stack casing, but terminates in a passage 44 whichopens directly into the money drawer.'

The top of my improved casing, indicated generally by the numeral 45 isprovided with the slot 46 which terminates at its inner end in thevertically extending slot 47. This slot 47 is formed intermediate theplungers 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57, which are slidablymounted across the casing. The plungers 48, 50, 52, 54 and 56 areprovided with the extensions 58, 59, 60, 61 and 62, respectively, whichare so shaped as i to conform with the contour of the coinsmallerdenomination will fall downwardly After the coin has reached its prorecessthe lever 18 is pushed, thus causing the same to swing on itspivot as indicated by the dotted lines and forcin the plungers 48550,52, 54 and' 56 toward t5 "..plungers 49,51, 53, 55 and 57. Thus, itwill `be seen that the plunger of the first mentioned s et, againstwhich the coin is lodged will -thro'ugh the coperation ofl the coinforce the opposite plunger rearwardly as will be obvious upon referenceto the drawing. Each of the lungers 49, 51, 53 and 57 isprovided wit asuitable projection 60 which is adapted to coperate with the set oflevers 61 which are pivoted as shown at 62. The ends of the leversopposite the elongated ends are extended as shown in Fig. 2, and areadapted to engage the levers 35 as will be clearly seen upon referringto Fig. 4.

To more fully describe the operation of the device I will assume that aparty is endeavoring to change a dollar. It will be apparent that saidcoin will slide through the slot 46 until it reaches the slot 47 when itwill turn into a vertical fposition and rest against the projection 58which is formed on the plunger 48 and in the space formed between theforward end of the plunger 48 and the rear end ofl the plunger 49. Thelever 18 is then pushed to the position illustrated in dotted lines andit will be obvious thatvsaid coin will be forced against the lever49,`thus causing saidlever to slide forward and carry the levers 61 intothe positionillustr'ated in the dotted line. In this operation the freeend of the levers 61 will engage the foremost lever in the set referredto by the numeral 35, thus, it will be seen that said foremost leverwill lbe wung on its pivot 34 and assume the 4which is not operated atthis time is the one' which slides beneath the stack of five cent piecesand the only time that this ejector plate is put in operation is when adime is to be changed, at which time the remainder of the ejector platesremain immovable.

A suitable lever 62 is pivotally mounted as shown at 63 on a suitablesupport 64. This lever is pivotally secured to the linkv 22, as shown at65. lever has secured thereto a suitable link 66, 4the free end of whichis adapted to extend through a slot 67 formed in the extension 68carried by the sleeve 69 which is secured to ashaft`70. This shaft 70extends transversely of the casing and is journaled as e opposite set ofThe free end of saidl shown at 71 to the sides .thereof. Atsuitablepoints adjacent each end 5f the shaft I pref era-bly secure sleeveshaving. formed integral .therewith the upstanding -portions .72,

the free ends of which are provided with ap-t, ertures through which theends of the linksl Y 73 are adapted to extend. This link 73 islprovided' atits free end with a suitable hook 74 which is adapted toextend through an aperture formed adjacent the ends of the.

sweep 75. This sweep is'slidably mounted in suitable guides 76 formed atthe ends'of the coin stacks, as. is clearly illustrated. in Fig. 9.Thus, itlwill be seen that when the coins attain .theirpredeterminedheight the sweep through l:the "actionzof the. lever and linkconnections-will force the topmostlcoinf from.v the stack andonto achute .77 which! terminates in the enlarged portionf7 8 near theinnermost end of t ecashdrawer. lt willI be apparent that these leverand link connections will be operated at every opera-1 tion' of themachine and the sweep will becaused to carry'the top coins rearwardlyand it will be apparent that a predetermined height of the coin stackswill be` maintained.

Suitably secured to the mouths of the cas. ings and the chute' '43 andcoperating therewith li preferably providel the ejectors 79, whichreferablyl comprise the casings 80, in which the plungers 81 areslidably mounted. These plungers 81 are provided at their. forward endswith the cam faces 82 and at their rear ends with the stems '83 aroundwhich the coil springs 84 are adapted to extend. Thesecoil springs arepreferably `ofthe compression type and the rear ends of the same areadapted to abut the rear walls of the casings 80 and the forward endsare adapted to abut the rear walls of the plungers 81. Thus-it will beseen that said "plungers are normally held in their extended positionand thereby normally tend to force the coin which comes intoregistration with the mouths of the casings 39, 40,' 41, and 42 and themouth of the chute 43 outwardly and into said casings and chutes. Theslot 46 is provided intermediate its length with the depression 85 whichis formed at one side of said slot and in direct alinement with therecess 86 in which a suitable magnet 87 is adapted to be secured. Thisrecess 86 terminates at its underside in a suitable slot 88 whichextends as illustrated in Fig. 12 to the side 'of the` top referred toby. the numeral`45.`

lt will be apparent from' the foregoing that when it is desi-red to makeuse of my,-

improved money changer a coin of any suit-l abledenomination-l is placedin the slot and the same will fall to the desired point. Upon operationof the lever -18 it willbe clearly seen that the plungers 48, 50, 52, 54and 56y will be forced over-thereby closing. the slot 47 and forcingvthe coin against one'of the .plungers 49,-51,.53,.55,-or 57 whichoperation will cause one of the levers 61 to swing on its pivot `62,thereby forcing the levers 35 `in the opposite direction and eject theproperwcoinsfrom their positions beneaththe stacks through the medium ofthe ejector plates-38.v Upon returning the lever 18 to itsAeration-ofthe levers the sweeps 75 will pass across the tops of thecoinstacks and -sweep the uppermost coin. from its position thereon and intothechute 77, thereby conveying said coins to the cash drawer andpreventing the casings 39, 407 41 and 42 from becoming clogged. Thus, itwill be seen that the coin stacks will be maintainedat'. a predeterminedlevel and the passages thereinto kept clear at all times.

lJVhile in the foregoing I have shown .and described the preferredembodiment 0f my' invention l wish -it to be understood that I maychange the specific arrangement and combinationv of parts without -inany way departing from the spirit and scope of my -invention as definedin the claims appended hereto.

What is claimed ist- 1. A device of the -character described comprising-a casing, a wall extending transversely through said casing, a leverhingedly secured adjacent siid wall, two sets of plungers slidablymountedon said wall, one set of plungers being pivotally connected tothe of the wall, each of said levers being of adiferent length, a secondset of llevers cooperating with the first mentioned levers, ejectorsslidably mounted adjacent the bot tom of the casing, projections securedto each of said ejectors, coin stacks in direct alinement with theforward ends of the ejectors, means to conduct the coins to theirrespective stacks, the seco-nd set of levers being adapted to coperatewith the vprojections on the ejectors and force the ottom most coin fromits position beneath the coin stacks when the device is operated.

2. ln a .device of the` character described a' casing, coin assertingplungers slidably mounted in said casing, lever operating plungersdirectly opposite the coin assorting plungers and shdably mounted insaid casing, coin conducting tubes Iadjacent thelever operatingplungers, coin stacks at the=v lower ends ofsaid=tubes,a plurality of levers pivotally secured to said casing and".l

adapted to beoperated by the Aplungers, .le

levers, ejectors operated by the second mentioned levers and adapted toforce the' 'bottom-most coins from their position in the stacks, a cashdrawer slidably mounted in .the bottom of the casing, and a sweepadapted to be operated on each operation of the device and cause the tomost coin in each 'of the coin stacks to be eposited in the 'cash drawerafter said stacks have attained a predetermined height.

3. In a device of the character described a casing, means in said casingto assort coins of different denominations, coin conveying tubescoperating with the asserting means, -coin stacks at the lower ends. ofthe coin conveying means, means operated by the assorting means to ejectthe bottom-most Y coins from their positions inthe coin stacks, a cashdrawer slidably mounted in the casing, yavv sweep adapted to sweep thetopmost coins from their positions in the coin stacks after said stackshave attained a certain height, and means to operate said sweep uponeach operation of the device.

i Il. In a device of the character'described a casing, coin assortingmeans in said casing, coin conveying tubes cooperating with.

the coin assorting means, coin stacks at the lowermost extremities. ofthe coin conveying tubes, means to eject the lowermost coins from theirpositions in the stacks, a cash .means, coinejectors slidably mountedbeneath the coin stacks and adapted to force the bottom-most coins fromtheir positions therein, a sweep slidably mounted across the top of thecoin stacks, a cash drawer slidably mounted in the casing, said sweepbeing adapted tosweep the topmost coins vfrom their positions on thecoin stacks and into the money drawer after'the same have attained apredetermined height, la train of vlevers and links adapted to operatesaid sweep and means to return the ejectors to their normal positionsupon the completion of each operation.

6. In a device of the character described a casing, a lever pivotallysecuredto the interior of said casing andextending through /a slotformed in the side thereof, coin assorting plungers slidably mounted insaid Casing and pivotally securedfto the lever, lever operating plungerslslidably mounted in the levers, a secondl set of levers casing directlo posite the coin assorting plungers, a p ura ity of levers pivotallysecured to the casing, and adapted to be operated by the lever operatingplungers, extensionsl formedl at the lower ends of said ivotally securedto the casing and adapted) to swing in a horizontall plane, ejectorplates slidably mounted in said casing and adapted to be operated by thesecond set of levers, coin conducting tubes adjacent the leveroperatingplungers, coin stacks at the lower ends of the conductingtubes, said coin stacks havingslots'at their'upp'erland lowerextremities, the slots in the lower extremities being adapted. toreceive the ends of the ejectors when the device is inuse, a sweepslidably mounted inthe uppermost slot, a cash drawer slidably mounted inthe casing, means connected with the first mentioned lever adapted toreturn the ejeetors to their normal position after each operation, andmeans to slide the sweep across the tops of the coin stacks when thedevice is in use.

7. In a device of the character described a. casing having a coinreceiving slot in the upper end thereof, and a notch adjacent the coinreceiving slot, a plurality of plungers slidable 'transversely throughthe casing, each of said plungers being of different length and havingextensions formed thereon, said extensions being shaped to conform tothe contour of coins of different denominations, a second set ofplungers, slidable in the casing and in direct alinement with the rstmentioned plungeis but spaced therefrom, a plurality of levers pivotallymounted in the casing, lateral projections formed on the secondmentioned plungers and adapted to form abutments for the elongated endsof the levers, a lever pivotally secured to the casing, said lever alsobeing pivotally secured to each of the first mentionedI plungers andoperable through the second mentioned slot in the casing, a secondset oflevers pivotally mounted in the casing at right angles to the firstmentioned set of levers and adapted to be operated by the short endsthereof, ejector plates slidable through the casing and adapted to beoperated by thesecond set of levers, a plurality of coin stacks havingslots at their lower ends through which the ejector plates slide, and achute to. receive the bottommost coin from the stack when the deviceis'operated.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination with acasing, having a plurality of coin stacks, coin collecting plungersslidable in the casing, and coin ,ejecting means operated by the coincollecting plungers, of a lever pivotally mounted in the casing, andadapted to operate the coin collecting plungers,v a sweep slidableacross the coin stacks to force the topmost coins therefrom after thesaid stacks have attained a to distribute coins of dierent denominationsaccording to their size, a plurality of plungers coperating with the-rst mentioned plungers slidable in thecasing', a plurality of coinstacks having coin receiving chutes communicating therewith, the openends of said coin chutes being covered by the second mentioned slidingplungers, a

.lever pivotally secured to the casing and to each of the coincollecting plungers whereby the plungers may be operated, and anautomatic ejector at the mouth of each of the coin chutes to force thecoins into the respective chutes after the second mentioned plungershave been operated.

- 10. In a device of the character described a casing, a plurality ofcoin collecting plungers slidable through the casing, a plurality ofplungers coperating with the coin collectmg plungers slidable in saidcasing, and in direct alinement with the coin collecting plungers, coinstacks within the casing, coin chutes coperating with the coin stacks,the open ends'fof the coin chutes, and a spring tive relation with thecoin collecting plungers and the second mentioned plungers, acylindrical member secured within the casing adjacent the lower edge ofeach of the open ends of the coin chutes, and a spring pressed plungerhaving a tapered outer end extending into the path of the coins .as theypass in front of the coin chute mouths, and adapted to force the loweredges of the coin into the coin chute when the device is operated.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signaturev in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH S. STRI'CKLER.

Witnesses:

MORRIS I'rziiovrrz,F RAYMOND HESIAVANE.

